File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, a joint research project organized by the Canadian AIDS Society, supported by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and the Atlantic AIDS Network. Materials include reports, recommendations, correspondence, memos, job descriptions and submissions, notes, press releases, strategic plans, and reference materials.
File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, including memos and correspondence, project proposals, progress reports, pamphlets, and reference materials.
File contains regarding correspondence, memos, press releases, and lobbying materials regarding AIDS education, advocacy, and the proposed inclusion of protections based on sexual orientation to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code.
File contains one copy of the 2005 Halifax Regional Health Project report Improving Access to Primary Health Care in the Rainbow Community, one copy of the 2009 discussion paper Links Between the LGBT Community and Injury by the Nova Scotia Department of Health, and one pamphlet for parents of LGBT youth produced by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project.
File containts seven pamphlets about services provided by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project, a community organization that supports LGBT youth.
Fonds contains materials collected by Halifax-based AIDS activist Larry Baxter. Materials in fonds document Baxter's involvement or interactions with a variety of Nova Scotian AIDS-related organizations, including Churchmembers Assembled to Respond to AIDS [CARAS], AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS], and the Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition. These materials include administrative and financial records, internal and external reports, memos and correspondence, proposals and planning materials, workshop materials, and reference materials. Fonds also contains Baxter's collection of news clippings covering a broad range of LGBT and AIDS-related issues, and his collection of pamphlets regarding AIDS-related issues and concerns.
File contains administrative records of the joint committee of the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC] and AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS], which document the union of these two groups as the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS]. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, planning documents, notes, and correspondence regarding joint operations and a potential organizational merge, as well as reference materials regarding similar organizational mergers.
File contains one copy of a Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS]-produced information packet about HIV/AIDS services and community resources; one copy of The Natural Helper: A Rural Remedy, a manual produced Sharp Advice Needle Exchange; and one copy of the report Getting through today and trying to change tomorrow: Members of the HIV/AIDS Movement in Nova Scotia Reflect on the Legacy of our Work and the Implications for the Future, produced by the Provincial Needs Assessment Team.
File contains one training manual for Inform-AIDS, a toll-free helpline operated by the Metro Area Committee on AIDS, designed to provide information about HIV/AIDS.
File contains materials related to the Human Rights and AIDS initiative, a community consultation project undertaken by AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] to encourage changes to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code. Materials include summary transcripts of roundtable discussion held as part of the Human Rights and AIDS, notes, correspondence, and one pamphlet advertising the project.
File contains a document titled "Management of HIV disease: One physician's approach"; a list of items added to the Nova Scotia Advisory Commission AIDS library; conference proceedings from a workshop on palliative care for persons with AIDS; a list of regional coordinators for home care programs; a list of resources available through the International Conference on AIDS 1993; a newsletter from AIDS Nova Scotia; and a questionnaire from Metro United Way regarding health care and community needs.
Sub-series contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1999 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia.
File contains posters for three HIV/AIDS related events in Halifax, one pamphlet regarding health services for Black women in rural Nova Scotia, and one copy of the zine Militant Queer Insurrection.
File contains materials related to the workshop HIV, Disclosure, and the Law, hosted on March 24th, 2009 by the AIDS Coalition Nova Scotia [ACNS], including one flyer, presentation slide, resource lists, and ACNS pamphlet mockups.
File contains Halifax Pride planning materials from 2006, including agendas, correspondence, one events guide, planning materials for an event at Venus Envy, one interfaith service brochure, one pamphlet regarding gay health, and one chart listing event coordinators and their responsibilities.
File contains the 1995 Greater Halifax Pride Guide, and the program for the Out on Screen Queer Film and Video Festival, held in Vancouver from August 11-17, 1997.
File contains four floppy discs containing administrative records for the Gay Alliance for Equality (later the Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia) and the Metro Area Committee on AIDS (later called AIDS Nova Scotia).
File contains materials related to AIDS Nova Scotia fundraising efforts, including guidelines for fundraising sponsors, correspondence, a proposal and planning materials for the benefit production A Red Ribbon Christmas, and one program for the 1991 CanFar Gala.
File contains records of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS fundraising committee, including planning notes, budgets, reference materials on effective fundraising and event planning, fundraising committee terms of reference, and one MACAIDS pamphlet.
File contains two reports published by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], including the 1990 report Holding Our Own : An Assessment of the Needs of Persons Living With HIV in Nova Scotia, and the 1994 report Taking the Next Steps : The Regional Information and Health Promotion Needs Assessment for Persons Infected and Affected by HIV and AIDS in Atlantic Canada.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia executive committee records, including memos and correspondence, minutes and agendas, financial statements and budgets, strategic planning recommendations, and notes. File also contains volunteer scripts and recognition guidelines.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia executive committee records, including meeting agendas and minutes, notes, memos, and other meeting materials from 1991-1994. File also contains planning materials for ANS fundraisers, and internal guidelines.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia executive committee records, including meeting agendas and minutes, notes, memos and correspondence, internal reports, strategies and contingency plans, and a mission statement. File also contains fundraising guidelines, job descriptions, financial records.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia executive committee records, including meeting agendas and minutes, notes, memos and correspondence, and other administrative materials from 1989-1990. File also contains agendas, minutes, and schedules for other AIDS-related meetings and events, background information regarding other AIDS initiatives, research surveys and interview questions produced by the Persons With AIDS Coalition, and internal policies and guidelines.
File contains Metro Area Committee on AIDS executive meeting records, including agendas and minutes, notes, memos and correspondence, internal reports, terms of reference, and other administrative materials from 1987-1989. File also contains budgets, financial statements, and job descriptions.
File contains pamphlets and resource guides; correspondence between AIDS Nova Scotia and other AIDS organizations; briefs, reports, and recommendations from other community groups; lobbying materials; press releases; news clippings; funding proposals and guidelines; one AIDS adult case report form.
File contains one Directory of Home Care and Related Services in Metro for Persons with HIV/AIDS, compiled by the Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS in November 1993.
File contains materials documenting exchanges between AIDS Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Department of Health regarding project initiatives and funding, including correspondence, meeting agendas, project recommendations, and funding proposals.
File contains press releases, correspondence, clippings, and court documents related to sailor Simon Thwaites' dismissal from the Canadian Navy due to his HIV status, and subsequent legal challenges.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia correspondence with other AIDS organizations, documents regarding volunteer needs, press releases, workshop materials, and budgets.
File contains correspondence and minutes regarding the establishment of the Student Union of Nova Scotia AIDS Education Committee, and one brief submitted by the committee to the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS.
File contains correspondence with CARAS donors dated 1996 to 1997. Correspondence primarily related to donations made in the name of Dr. Peter Brothers. File also contains Brothers' obituary, a program from his funeral service, and notes regarding donations.
File contains materials documenting the response to Nova Scotia's strategy on AIDS by AIDS Nova Scotia and the Coalition of Nova Scotia AIDS Community Groups. Materials include a draft copy of the 1992 Nova Scotia AIDS Strategy, press releases, correspondence, notes, policy documents, and clippings.
File contains terms of reference for the AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] public education committee; speaker's bureau statistics from 1991; reference materials; and materials related to the Men's Project Retreat Weekend, including pamphlets, one schedule for the weekend, and correspondence.
File contains materials documenting AIDS Nova Scotia's [ANS] interactions with other AIDS-related community groups. Materials include correspondence regarding Atlantic AIDS Network [AAN] funding and meetings of the Coalition of Community Groups [CCG], CCG meeting agendas and minutes, reference materials regarding, and notes.
File contains materials related to the operations of the Coalition of Community Groups, a precursor to the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. Materials include planning documents and timelines, correspondence, focus group materials, speaking notes, reports and recommendations, and written notes.
File contains clippings, memos, notes, pamphlet mock-ups, registration forms, group guidelines, and flyers for a Capital Health-run bereavement support group for same sex partners.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1996 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings and reference materials from July - December 2003 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Canada and abroad.
